Royal Harris Restaurant

Royal Harris is a long-running Chinese restaurant and bar a short walk from Burton-upon-Trent's town centre, set on Borough Road near the river. Its pull is the all-you-can-eat buffet — a flat-rate menu that lets diners order as many dishes as they like, all cooked to order rather than left in chafing dishes, which keeps the quality noticeably higher than the supermarket-buffet norm.

The kitchen range covers Cantonese standards (sweet-and-sour, chow mein, salt and chilli, sizzling beef in black bean) alongside Thai, Malaysian and Japanese touches — a wider sweep than most local Chinese takeaways. The dining room is roomier than the High Street competition and has its own car park, which makes it a regular pick for family birthdays and small group bookings rather than a pure takeaway run.

Reviews are generally warm on the freshness and the value of the unlimited-order format, with the crispy aromatic duck, salt-and-pepper king prawns and the Singapore noodles getting the most repeat mentions. Service is unhurried table service rather than counter pickup. A useful option in this part of Burton if you want a sit-down Chinese rather than a foil-tray collection.